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List:       coreutils-bug
Subject:    Re: coreutils 'rm /' incompatibility with 2006-06-30 draft POSIX
From:       mwoehlke <mwoehlke () tibco ! com>
Date:       2006-08-31 18:30:39
Message-ID: ed79sf$qrn$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Paul Eggert wrote:
> The 2006-06-30 draft of POSIX has this new requirement for 'rm':
> [snip]
>   * The check for root's dev and ino is done recursively, but surely
>     it should be done only at the top level?  (I'm not sure why it's
>     done recursively now.)  The POSIX requirement talks only about the
>     top level, and I don't see how you could recurse to the root.

'man mount', see '--bind' and '--rbind'

-- 
Matthew
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